A BUSINESSMAN used the identity of a couple's dead son to falsely obtain a £156,700 mortgage. Richard Robert Angel, 40, used a false passport in the name of 22-year-old accident victim Russell Jon Broom to apply for a mortgage on a property in Norwich
IT'S official! As exclusively revealed in Friday's Daily Echo, Arctic Monkeys are to move their Bournemouth date on April 17 to the BIC's Windsor Hall. Monkeymania gripped Bournemouth when the chart-topping band announced the Easter Monday gig in the
THE grief-stricken father of a toddler who died when her pushchair was involved in a crash on a dual carriageway has paid tribute to his "little princess." As Chris Moonsam struggles to come to terms with the death of his two-year-old daughter Lily, he
A FORMER Radio 1 DJ who committed a series of indecent assaults on teenage boys in Poole has been jailed for four years for child sex offences. Chris Denning, 64, was tracked down in Austria by a national newspaper after going on the run from police in
THREE soldiers at Bovington Army Camp have been sacked for failing drugs tests - weeks before the arrival of Prince Harry. The men tested positive in checks designed to uncover abuse of banned substances including cocaine, heroin, cannabis and a range
THE prosecution of a young man who jumped from Weymouth's Town Bridge was a result of the nanny-state, a solicitor said. Speaking at Weymouth Magistrates' Court, Ian Graham said his client had shown nothing more than 'youthful exuberance' when he jumped
ONE of Dorset's most unusual - and successful - village halls could do with a little help. Charlton Down Village Hall, created from a Victorian hospital ballroom, needs more volunteers. Don Rousell, acting secretary of Charlton Down village hall committee
CALLS have been made for a full investigation into alleged links between the company that developed Bournemouth's IMAX cinema and the IRA. Northern Ireland MP Peter Robinson claimed in the House of Commons that Sheridan's chairman Peter Curistan was involved
A DEDICATED team of parking wardens is set to start patrolling Bournemouth town centre at night. Bournemouth council's environment scrutiny panel agreed to have four wardens for the job, working from Thursday to Sunday nights, with a view to working every
A MAJOR awareness project to warn women and girls of the dangers of drink spiking will be launched in Bournemouth next month. Anyone working with young people above the age of 14 is being urged to promote the new Drink Spiking Awareness pack, produced
AN elderly lady was seriously injured after her husband lost control while attempting to park and crushed her against a wall. The woman was on the pavement at Albert Road in Bournemouth town centre when her husband tried to park his automatic Rover 75
A LEGAL blunder by officials at Bournemouth council means a 12-metre high mobile phone mast is set to go ahead, despite being rejected by planners. Planning bosses have apologised to outraged residents for what locals have called an "unbelievable" mistake
A SUSPECTED cannabis factory containing at least 270 plants with an approximate street value of £40,000, has been discovered by Dorset Police. Officers raided a smallholding in Wareham Forest on Wednesday, executing a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs
Stage: Anything Goes: Mayflower, Southampton Wit, melody, memories and romance combine to make this high-energy production of Cole Porter's dazzling musical comedy a riotous success. The action is set on a cross-Atlantic liner. The show opened at the
FRIDAY (Feb 10) Amberwood, Walkford - Slim Jim; Belvedere - Jim Martin; Blue Boar - Swift Half (Blues/Rock); Central - Freeway tbc; Cottonwood - Jazz at The Cottonwood; Ferndown Community Centre - Purbeck Big Band Dance; Finn's, Weymouth - Plague (Metal
DORSET'S police force is recruiting an extra 20 police officers and 50 support officers this year. The positions are being funded by a 4.94 per cent rise in the police precept on council tax which was agreed at a meeting of the Dorset Police Authority
A DOG trainer will be heading to Holland with her prized pets to compete in a world championship. Dawn Weaver, 43, from Avalanche Road, Portland will be competing for the UK against teams from 22 other countries at the IFCS World Agility Championships
POLICE today pledged to crack down on anti-social behaviour at Poundbury during the half-term holidays. Extra patrols are being lined up and parents are being reminded to make sure they know where their children are following a series of incidents at
